title: [Prognosis and costs of patients with prehospital cardiac arrest treated with respirators].
abstract: A retrospective study was undertaken of prehospital cardiac arrest and revealed that mechanical ventilation was employed in 132 consecutive patients after resuscitation. A total of 24 of these survived for more than three months; 14 were discharged to their homes while ten were discharged to nursing homes on account of cerebral sequelae. No patients in whom the cardiac arrest had lasted more than 25 minutes survived for more than three months and patients with cerebral sequelae were more frequently mechanically ventilated for longer than 48 hours. The total cost of treatment for the 132 patients was estimated to be 10,500,000 Danish crowns (approximately 954,000 pounds). A total of 7% of the patients survived with cerebral sequelae but these were responsible for more than 60% of the expenses.
authors.affiliation: Københavns Kommunehospital, anaestesi- og intensiv afdeling.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Munksgaard
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Sørensen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000191:economics / Q000401:mortality* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000191:economics; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Prognose og omkostninger hos respiratorbehandlede patienter efter praehospitalt opstået hjertestop.